Groove Quantize - Roland XP-60 Owner's Manual

Groove quantize

The XP-80 provides 71 quantize templates. These templates
contain various quantize settings for applying rhythmic
'feels' of many different musical categories. Select the tem-
plate you want for quantization.
You can also create your own templates and store up to 16 of
them in the XP-80's internal memory. This lets you incorpo-
rate the 'feel' of your favorite songs right away.
If your sequencer data notes are too far off from accu-
rate time, Groove Quantize may not work that effi-
ciently so you won't achieve the desired results. If this
is the case, apply Grid Quantize to your sequencer
data first to lose timing mistakes.
Template (Template number)
Specifies the template you wish to use. PRE:001–071 repre-
sent the 71 templates the XP-80 provides, and USR:001–016
represent user groove templates, if you've created them. The
template name you pick will be shown in parentheses ( ).
At power on or before loading a user groove template,
USR:001–016 are Initial Templates (factory default set-
tings). If you select any of the Initial Templates
USR:001–016 and perform Groove quantization, it will
have no effect.
Here is a list of preset groove templates.
PRE:001: Dance (small dynamics)
PRE:002: Dance (large dynamics)
PRE:003: Dance (light swing)
PRE:004: Dance (heavy swing)
PRE:005: Dance (dragging beats, small dynamics)
PRE:006: Dance (dragging beats, large dynamics)
PRE:007: Dance (dragging beats, light swing)
PRE:008: Dance (dragging beats, heavy swing)
PRE:009: Dance (pushing beats, small dynamics)
PRE:010: Dance (pushing beats, large dynamics)
PRE:011: Dance (pushing beats, light swing)
PRE:012: Dance (pushing beats, heavy swing)
PRE:013: Fusion (small dynamics)
PRE:014: Fusion (large dynamics)
PRE:015: Fusion (light swing)
PRE:016: Fusion (heavy swing)
PRE:017: Fusion (dragging beats, small dynamics)
PRE:018: Fusion (dragging beats, large dynamics)
PRE:019: Fusion (dragging beats, light swing)
PRE:020: Fusion (dragging beats, heavy swing)
PRE:021: Fusion (pushing beats, small dynamics)
PRE:022: Fusion (pushing beats, large dynamics)
PRE:023: Fusion (pushing beats, light swing)
PRE:024: Fusion (pushing beats, heavy swing)
[SEQUENCER] [F2] (Quantiz) [F3] (Groove)
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Chapter 5. Editing a song
PRE:025: Reggae (small dynamics)
PRE:026: Reggae (large dynamics)
PRE:027: Reggae (light swing)
PRE:028: Reggae (heavy swing)
PRE:029: Reggae (dragging beats, small dynamics)
PRE:030: Reggae (dragging beats, large dynamics)
PRE:031: Reggae (dragging beats, light swing)
PRE:032: Reggae (dragging beats, heavy swing)
PRE:033: Reggae (pushing beats, small dynamics)
PRE:034: Reggae (pushing beats, large dynamics)
PRE:035: Reggae (pushing beats, light swing)
PRE:036: Reggae (pushing beats, heavy swing)
PRE:037: Pops (small dynamics)
PRE:038: Pops (large dynamics)
PRE:039: Pops (light swing)
PRE:040: Pops (heavy swing)
PRE:041: Pops (dragging beats, small dynamics)
PRE:042: Pops (dragging beats, large dynamics)
PRE:043: Pops (dragging beats, light swing)
PRE:044: Pops (dragging beats, heavy swing)
PRE:045: Pops (pushing beats, small dynamics)
PRE:046: Pops (pushing beats, large dynamics)
PRE:047: Pops (pushing beats, light swing)
PRE:048: Pops (pushing beats, heavy swing)
PRE:049: Rhumba (small dynamics)
PRE:050: Rhumba (large dynamics)
PRE:051: Rhumba (light swing)
PRE:052: Rhumba (heavy swing)
PRE:053: Rhumba (dragging beats, small dynamics)
PRE:054: Rhumba (dragging beats, large dynamics)
PRE:055: Rhumba (dragging beats, light swing)
PRE:056: Rhumba (dragging beats, heavy swing)
PRE:057: Rhumba (pushing beats, small dynamics)
PRE:058: Rhumba (pushing beats, large dynamics)
PRE:059: Rhumba (pushing beats, light swing)
PRE:060: Rhumba (pushing beats, heavy swing)
PRE:061: Samba (for Pandeiro, etc.)
PRE:062: Samba (for Surdo, Timbale)
PRE:063: Axe (for Caixa)
PRE:064: Axe (for Surdo)
PRE:065: Salsa (for Cascala)
PRE:066: Salsa (for Conga)
PRE:067: Triplets
PRE:068: Quintuplets
PRE:069: Sextuplets
PRE:070: Septuplets over two beats
PRE:071: Lagging triplets
The preset groove templates are provided for 4/4 time
signature use. They may not produce desired results if
used on other time signature data.
Preset templates are categorized just for reference; Feel
free to experiment using different templates for differ-
ent kinds of music, till you find one that works best
with your music.
Timing Strength
This specifies how much a note will move toward the timing
interval of the template you pick. At a setting of 100%, the
note will be perfectly timed with the template. At a setting of
0%, the note will not move at all.
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